The Winter Shakers may still be Jeremy Shanok, Justin Purtill, Ari Joshua, John Metzler, Lizzy Rose, Michelle Searle, Noah Byrd, Abel Rocha, Sada James Doup, Chris Worswick, April Cameron, Brianna Atwell, Jason Cressey, Peter Daniel, Carter 'Keytaro' Yasutake and Oleg Ruvinov.    Seattle-based band, The Winter Shakers, is like a stash of priceless art works composed by colorful crayon box. The group is the smile of the Mona Lisa overcome with birthday ice cream and icing. The members write the best songs you haven’t heard, rich with a lilt and pounce you’ve known your whole life. Their music a mighty mix of majesty, mayhem. The band’s central hearth is front man, Jeremy Shanok. A masterful lyricist with a knack for both comedic and heartwarming timing. He is the friend you run into on a cool summer night who offers you your first gin and tonic of the evening. He understands the need for thumps and the requirement of melody when shifting from moment to moment in old torrid air. Shanok is supported by his band mates, singsong bass player Noah Byrd and unabashed drummer Jordan Otto. Together they offer the buffet of ideas signature to the trio’s performance. Thoughtful, as if bending a beam of light through a fish tank’s waters in order to shine it on a crumpled piece of paper with divine thoughts splayed in wine drips and spilt coffee sips. The Winter Shakers, yes, will be remembered.

From Seattle, Washington The Two Tides is a folk duo formed in 2018 by singer / songwriters Maddy Smith & Sarah O’Dea. Both musicians bring strong lyrics to life with their rich harmonies and emotive melodies, blending contemporary folk and jazz.

Deb Montgomery has grown accustomed to dwelling in life’s in-between spaces: her art, much like her life, welds together what the world likes to separate. Her lyrics are spools of vulnerability and grit, her voice is an unwavering paradox of grief and joy, and her presence is a palpable strength in weakness. Over the course of twenty years and four records, some film credits, and the pleasure of sharing stages with a plethora of amazing musicians, Montgomery has solidified her ability to write and play with unreserved passion.  Fluent in the language of mourning and loss, lament and prayer, raging seas and the ache at the heart of things, Montgomery’s music is a river of empathy, coaxing us towards self-reflection and healing. "I think of songwriting as my cave wall etchings: sometimes prison walls, sometimes dream walls, sometimes mysteries, and sometimes stories.  Songwriting for me has been a way through…" In a political landscape that currently parallels the often felt inner landscape that ever-invites the choice between Fear and Love, it is her hope that her music and these songs might provide the deepest of company for your heart, mind, and soul.